Help Me and I'll Help You!

Okay people, listen up. I have a baby and I don't know what to do with him. There's a nifty guide mode, and of course the auto mode works great too, but I want to know more. I love new toys - but even more so I love learning about all of their features. I spent an obnoxious amount of time learning every single thing my Blackberry Bold was capable of doing and now consider myself a Blackberry Goddess. I wanna be a Nikon Goddess!! So, I'm turning to my readers. If any of you know any sites with DSLR guides, tips, or how-tos, I would greatly appreciate you recommending them!


In return, I have a little giveaway. You do not have to send me a site to participate in the giveaway, but I would definitely appreciate if you have one.


A couple weeks ago, Annelies from Attune Foods offered to send me some more Uncle Sam cereal. I had previously reviewed the Uncle Sam Original flavor, but now that they have three new flavors, I was going to get to try those too! 

 

First, I tried the Wild Strawberry. This one is lightly sweet and full of dried strawberries. I was really impressed with the amount of strawberries in the cereal. The Strawberry flavor packs the most fiber of the three - 8 grams in a 3/4 cup serving. 

My second flavor was the Honey Almond. This one is so crunchy! It would be great on top of Greek yogurt. It's not as sweet as I was expecting and has a very natural taste.

Finally, I tried the Great Multi-Grains. I expected this flavor to be bland, but it is actually my favorite! I swear it tasted like it contained cinnamon, but according to the ingredients it doesn't! The only thing I may have been tasting that was different from the other two was oat flakes. 

Would you like to try a box of Uncle Sam cereal? Leave me a comment telling me which flavor you'd like to try the most and you just may win a box! For nutritional information on these products, please check out the Uncle Sam site. There are also some great recipes - one of which is mine! :) Giveaway will end at noon on Friday, October 29th, when I will randomly choose a winner. Good luck!

Coast, Coast, Coast

Have I mentioned that I'm impulsive?  Yeah, just a bit. Sunday morning I woke up and told myself, "It's time to buy a DSLR." Don't get me wrong - I had been researching them for months, so I knew what I wanted. I was torn between the Canon Rebel XSI and the Nikon D3100. Since I'm an instant gratification kind of girl, I was having trouble dropping several hundred dollars on something I had to wait for in the mail. Stupid, I know. Well, when I woke up and started perusing the weekly sales ads, I noticed that the Nikon went on sale at Target. Yep, I could now drop several hundred dollars just a few miles down the road. And that's just what I did.

Born into my life on 10/24/10 weighing 1 lb, 1.8 oz, this is my new baby:

I didn't even know how to react towards it at first. The whole drive home I just stared at it sitting in my passenger seat. Once the battery charged, Margaret and I immediately decided to have a photo shoot at Mt. Pleasant Memorial Waterfront Park. We seriously took 183 photos. Here are my favorites of the park:

Just a few reasons why I love living on the coast. And speaking of the coast, we thought this would be a great opportunity for us to show off the Coast polos that TJ gave us! Glamour shots!

 

We had the best time being cheesy and not caring what anyone thought about all our posing! After our glamour shots, we got for real glamorous and headed to another Coast - the restaurant. Sunday nights are the best because they have 1/2 priced bottled wine, $3 tacos, and live music! Lucky for us, champagne was also included! Cheers!

To soak up the bubbly, I ordered two tacos. Excuse the shadows. I'm still learning how to work the monster baby.

 First was their special taco - pulled pork marinated in sriracha with blue cheese coleslaw. So fluffin' delicious.

 The other was a mahi mahi taco with guacamole, citrus slaw, and tropical salsa - very fresh and full of flavor.

After sevvveral bottles of champagne later, the boys wanted in on the glamour shots.

Rob and Cason:

TJ and Matt:

 Then the camera went back to us. Ha.

Coast is very very yummy...and typing this sober, you should actually believe me. :) Hope everyone had a glamorous weekend!